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Charles Dickens's first historical novel-set during the anti-Catholic riots of 1780-is an unparalleled portrayal of the terror of a rampaging mob, seen through the eyes of the individuals swept up in the chaos. Those individuals include Emma, a Catholic, and Edward, a Protestant,... Read Full Overview

'One of Dickens' most neglected, but most rewarding, novels' Peter Ackroyd

Barnaby Rudge , written by Charles Dickens and published in 1841, is a captivating novel about a young man named Barnaby, who is caught in the tumultuous events of the Gordon Riots of 1780 in London. The novel is filled with complex and engaging characters, including Barnaby's... Read Full Overview

Written at a time of social unrest in Victorian Britain and set in London at the time of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, Dickens's brooding novel of mayhem and murder in the eighteenth century explores the relationship between repression and liberation in private and public life... Read Full Overview

A young man's innocent involvement in a revolt serves as the basis for Dickens's historical novel about the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780.

Fully entitled "Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty," this novel was Dickens' first attempt at a historical novel. As such, it is the precursor to his more famous "A Tale of Two Cities", in which his exploration of mob violence, and especially the effect of public... Read Full Overview

Barnaby Rudge is a story of a forbidden love in the time of great London riots in 1780. Both Edward's father, John Chester, and Emma's uncle, the Catholic Geoffrey Haredale - these two are sworn enemies - oppose their union after Sir John untruthfully convinces Geoffrey that... Read Full Overview

Unjustly neglected but amply rewarding, this historical drama recaptures the turmoil of the Gordon Riots of 1780. Barnaby Rudge combines elements of an unsolved murder and a forbidden romance to draw its characters into the rebellion, during which an anti-Catholic mob... Read Full Overview

Set during the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780, the novel mainly follows Barnaby Rudge, a simple man living with Mary, his loving mother. When their peaceful village life is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious stranger, Barnaby and Mary flee to London... Read Full Overview

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Dickens's first historical novel is a thrilling tale of murder, treachery, and forbidden love with rioting mob scenes to make any reader's hair stand on end Barnaby Rudge is a young innocent simpleton who is devoted to his talkative raven, Grip. When he gets caught up... Read Full Overview